No Kings: An American Tradition or Bad History?
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“No kings!” has become one of the prominent rallying cries of our time.
The slogan evokes the longstanding American aversion to monarchy—an aversion its supporters trace to our nation’s founding.
But a closer reading of the historical record tells a different and far more interesting story. In the run-up to the American Revolution, most colonial protests against oppressive taxes were directed not at King George III but at their direct source, British Parliament. When future Founder
The slogan evokes the longstanding American aversion to monarchy—an aversion its supporters trace to our nation’s founding.
But a closer reading of the historical record tells a different and far more interesting story. In the run-up to the American Revolution, most colonial protests against oppressive taxes were directed not at King George III but at their direct source, British Parliament. When future Founder
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